diff --git a/PURL-TYPES.rst b/PURL-TYPES.rst
index b24f685..e488092 100644
--- a/PURL-TYPES.rst
+++ b/PURL-TYPES.rst
@@ -259,14 +259,13 @@ golang
 - There is no default package repository: this is implied in the namespace
   using the ``go get`` command conventions.
 - The ``namespace`` and `name` must be lowercased.
-- The ``subpath`` is used to point to a subpath inside a package.
-- The ``version`` is often empty when a commit is not specified and should be
-  the commit in most cases when available.
+- The ``subpath`` is used to point to a package inside a module.
+- The ``version`` may start with a lowercased "v" followed by: a semantic version, or a Go "pseudo-version", which consists of a semantic version followed by a timestamp and revision identifier.
 - Examples::
 
-      pkg:golang/github.com/gorilla/context@234fd47e07d1004f0aed9c
+      pkg:golang/github.com/gorilla/context@v1.1.1
       pkg:golang/google.golang.org/genproto#googleapis/api/annotations
-      pkg:golang/github.com/gorilla/context@234fd47e07d1004f0aed9c#api
+      pkg:golang/golang.org/x/text@v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c#collate
 
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